Kobach v. United States Election Assistance Commission
Petition for certiorari denied on June 29, 2015
Issue: (1) Whether Article I, Section 2 and the Seventeenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution require the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to defer to the states’ determination that provision of documentary evidence of citizenship is necessary to enforce the states’ voter qualifications; and (2) whether Article I, Section 2 and the Seventeenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution permit a dual voter rolls system in which some voters who are qualified to vote for federal office holders are not also qualified to vote for those “in the most numerous branch of the state legislature.”
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Mar 21 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 23, 2015) |
| Apr 15 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 26, 2015. |
| Apr 21 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Apr 21 2015 | Letter proposing a lodging of thirteen voter registration forms received from counsel for amicus American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Apr 21 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
| Apr 22 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of American Unity Legal Defense Fund filed. |
| Apr 23 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. |
| Apr 23 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. |
| Apr 23 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. |
| Apr 23 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| May 26 2015 | Brief of respondents United States Election Assistance Commission, et al. in opposition filed. |
| May 26 2015 | Brief of Intervenors-Respondents League of Women Voters, et al. in opposition filed. |
| May 26 2015 | Waiver of right of respondents Valle del Sol, et al. to respond filed. |
| May 26 2015 | Waiver of right of respondents Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., et al to respond filed. |
| Jun 8 2015 | Reply of petitioners Kris W. Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, et al. filed. |
| Jun 9 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 25, 2015. |
| Jun 29 2015 | Petition DENIED. |
